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Interview with Ranan Lurie, political cartoonists and the artist behind the Uniting Painting

02/03/2009

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Ranan Lurie has been described as “the Cartoon-Caesar”, “the king of American political cartoonists”. Not only does he hold the record as the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world, he has also received many awards. The United States Senate granted him the unprecedented honour of an exhibition of his political art, sponsored jointly by the Republicans and the Democrats.Little did I know about his notoriety and his list of merits when, by pure accident, I first met…

Uniting Painting by Ranan R. Lurie, artist and political cartoonist

02/03/2009

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Ranan L. Lurie, named the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the World by the Guinness Book of World Records, unveiled his Uniting Painting at the United Nations Secretariat in New York on 1 November last year in presence of Ms Nane Annan, Mr Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General of Communications and Public Information and numerous members of the diplomatic corps. The idea for the Uniting Painting dates back to the mid 60ies, and was financed entirely by Mr. Lurie himself. The painting utilizes…